RSS FeedRugby, golf prepare final Olympic sales pitch The Associated Press
COPENHAGEN — After years of sales pitches and lobbying, the officials backing golf and rugby are days away from finding out whether those sports will return to the Olympic program.
The IOC executive board has recommended the sports' inclusion in the 2016 Olympics — awarded last Friday to Rio de Janeiro — but they still need majority approval in separate votes by the full IOC assembly of 106 members.
Each sport will make a 20-minute presentation Friday before the vote. Golf is proposing a 72-hole stroke-play competition for men and women, with 60 players in each field. Rugby has proposed a four-day Sevens tournament — rather than the traditional 15-a-side competition_ for 12 men's and women's teams.
"I think we're very hopeful about the outcome on Friday, but we're by no means complacent," said Peter Dawson, chief executive of the Royal & Ancient club at St. Andrews and one of the driving forces behind golf's Olympic bid.
Some of golf's biggest stars will take part in the presentation.
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